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| Title | : | Growing Up |
| Author | : | Russell Baker |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | June 2nd 1992 by Signet (first published June 2nd 1982) |
| Categories | : | Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography. Biography Memoir |
Russell Baker
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.09 | 6636 Users | 333 Reviews
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This Pulitzer Prize-winner is "the saddest, funniest, most tragical yet comical picture of coming of age in the U.S.A. in the Depresson years and World War II that has ever been written."—Harrison Salisbury.
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| Original Title: | Growing Up |
| ISBN: | 0451168380 (ISBN13: 9780451168382) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1983), National Book Award Finalist for Autobiography/Biography (Hardcover) (1983) |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 6636 Users | 333 ReviewsJudge About Books Growing Up
This is an autobiography by Russell Baker that actually begins before he was born. In truth it's as much a biography of his mother as it is about him growing up during the depression, attending college against all odds, becoming a pilot while the second world war comes to a conclusion, becoming a newspaper man, meeting the love of his life against his mother's approval and so on...life is a poignant struggle made all the more extraordinary by just how ordinary it was. I found it thoroughlyA lovely book. I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this wonderful memoir, from the clashes between Russell Baker's strong-willed mother and grandmother, to the love that sustained him during the depths of the Depression. Having lived on the Northern Neck of Virginia (where Baker's mother was born and grew up), the upper Shenandoah Valley (where Baker was born and spent his earliest years), and northern New Jersey (where Baker lived from about age 5 to age 14), the book resonated with me. The hero
I enjoyed all of what I read in this book, but unfortunately, it began moving slower than I needed it to! I didn't finish it even though I read it many years ago in college for a class. I like his humor and honesty, though.
The memoir, Growing Up written by an outstanding author named Russel Baker, takes the readers to a nostalgic journey of his life as a curious young boy living in the rural Virginia to a determined writer. The memoir starts from a scene of his eighty years old mother (lying down in the hospital bed); despite being an energetic women in the early days and being a strong advocate of feminism, she has grown old and become senile. By looking at his senile mother, Russel recognizes human infirmity and
Russell Baker is a good story teller. Many of his family stories reminded me of my own stories; multiple family members living under the same roof, financial struggles, memory loss of aging parents/friends. The differences between Russell and his mother, Lucy, reminded of differences between my own mother and me. Mom liked to remind me of my extended education vs. her 10th grade/GED when we were playing Scrabble.
I found a paperback edition of this book, yellow with age. A note from my mother, age 97 and suffering from dementia fell out from between the pages. She said it was full of charm and humor and recommended it. She was right. Russell Baker had a hardscrabble childhood. His father's people were Virginians; rural people. Education was not a family tradition, though Russell's mother always insisted that he "make something of himself." This man was a great storyteller. He makes ordinary life events
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